[Reader-list] '‘I have evidence of RSS and VHP making bombs’'

Wed Aug 20 03:44:14 IST 2008

My problem is that if a prominent Congress leader has proof that RSS and 
such other groups make bombs and it might be their misadventure that we saw 
in Gujarat and other parts of India, why are SIMI/Indian Mujahiddin/ISI etc. 
being maligned? Making bombs is tantamount to threatening the security of 
the nation, why not provide the proof of such activities to the intelligence 
agencies and the home ministry? Does Digvijay Singh and his party have some 
vested interest in people being killed?

As about the unexploded bombs, it is not clear why bombs in certain places 
exploded but not in Surat. The two prominent theories propounded by 
"experts" to explain this were
1. people had become very cautious after the explosions of previous days. 
They were vigilant so they found the bombs before they exploded.
2. There were rains in Surat that day, which diffused or spoilt the bombs 
and the plans of the "terrorists".

We must also not forget that several low intensity bombs were placed in 
hundreds of districts in Bangladesh few years back. They did not cause so 
much destruction there as these bombs did here in India. So it is not 
unprecedented in the history of terrorism that bombs have been used not to 
explode but just to terrorize. These terrorists can be anyone. But if we go 
by the tenets of the parliamentary democracy, where the majority of the 
people's representatives decides the policy, our representatives were 
complicit in these blasts. Sushma Swaraj blames the Congress and no BJP 
leader contradicts her. Digvijay Singh blames BJP, and Congress gives its 
nods by not giving any clarification about his statement. So the two largest 
parties are agreeing on one thing that it was not an anti-national Islamic 
organization or any other external force responsible for these blasts. 
Congress and BJP are accountable for all the killings and we can't do 
anything to these parties as they have people's mandate.

This reminds me of the definition of "democracy" by a prominent Hindi poet.

"Jahan janta ki janta dvara aisi taisi hoti hai
Vahi democracy hoti hai."

(Democracy is Screwing up of the people by the people)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kshmendra Kaul" <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
To: "mahmood farooqui" <mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com>
Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] '‘I have evidence of RSS and VHP making bombs’'

> Dear Mahmood
>
> 1. I am taking the liberty of posting my response in SARAI. It includes 
> your incoming to me
>
> 2. I do not know if you are being sarcastic. I will take your incredulity 
> at face value.
>
> Maybe I am simple minded but yes I am serious.
>
> - Terrorists do not show 'kindness', that is why they are called 
> 'terrorists'. It is beyond my credible belief that the 26 Bombs could have 
> been designed to 'not explode' but were meant to serve just a warning by 
> the 'terrorists'. One of "see we can strike anywhere any time". You would 
> not need '26' for that. Just a couple or another couple more would 
> suffice. It would be absolute idiocy to plant '26' bombs and the run the 
> extensive risk of being discovered as 'planting' the bomb just for the 
> sake of a 'warning' being served
>
> - The locations (up in a tree or hidden behind a shop hoarding for 
> example) where the '26' were discovered challenges belief that 
> 'terrorists' would allow themselves to be so easily viewed as 'planting' 
> the '26'.
>
> - The ease with which the '26' were discovered within just 2 or 3 days was 
> rather 'amazingly' efficient. The noses were obviously repeatedly and 
> consistently on the right track each single time.
>
> - Not one bomb exploded out of '26'. Hmmmmmmn. Some 'terrorists'. They 
> need to go back to 'school for terrorists'
>
> - The callousness and relaxed and smiling manner with which the 'defusers' 
> were seen handling the bombs suggested that they already knew that the 
> bomb would not explode.
>
> Yes I am suspicious. But yes I am simple minded too.
>
> Kshmendra
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 8/19/08, mahmood farooqui <mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: mahmood farooqui <mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] '‘I have evidence of RSS and VHP making bombs’'
> To: kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 9:25 AM
>
>
>
> Are you serious. Do you really think so
>
>
> 2008/8/18 Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
>
> The 26 (was it 26?) Bombs in Surat and not one got triggered off.
>
> Bombs (shown on TV) located at places where the one placing the bomb would 
> be conspicuously visible as being upto 'something'.
>
> All of this (to me) is highly suspicious.
>
> Kshmendra
>
> --- On Mon, 8/18/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>
> From: Shivam Vij शिवम् <mail at shivamvij.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] ''I have evidence of RSS and VHP making bombs''
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 7:31 PM
>
>
>
>
> 'I have evidence of RSS and VHP making bombs'
>
>
>
> Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh attacks the BJP just like Sushma
> Swaraj attacked the Congress. 'Investigate the timings of the blasts',
> he tells NEHA DIXIT
>
>
> You have made a statement that serial blasts take place in the country
> only when the BJP is in trouble.
> What I have said is that the timing of the bomb blasts is quite
> uncanny. Why does it always happen when the BJP is in trouble? That
> needs investigation. I am not charging anyone.
>
> What do you mean when you say the BJP is in trouble?
> When the Tehelka issue was to be discussed in Parliament, the House
> was adjourned for three days. Then when the expose was to be
> discussed, the Parliament attack took place. When the Godhra incident
> took place, Congress was doing exceedingly well in the local body
> elections and Narendra Modi had won by only 6,000 votes as a chief
> minister and that too with great difficulty. During the recent
> Karnataka election, there was a bomb blast in Hubli on the very first
> day of polling. Similarly, two days before the polling in the second
> phase in Karnataka elections, there was a bomb blast in Jaipur. It
> really needs an investigation.
>
> Is your statement a response to Sushma Swaraj's accusation against the
> Centre?
> No, there is no question of that. I have been citing these instances
> about the blasts for a long time.
>
> But Sushma Swaraj was criticised by the Congress ... Sushma Swaraj
> alleged that the Congress is involved directly. I have not said that.
> And does she have any facts?
> I have facts of RSS, VHP making bombs.
>
> Do you have evidences to prove that BJP, VHP and RSS is involved in
> making bombs.
> Yes. In fact, in 1992 there was a bomb blast in the VHP office in
> Madhya Pradesh, where one VHP member died and two were injured while
> making bombs. Then in 2002, there was a bomb blast in a temple in
> Mhow. When the police arrested the VHP activists after investigation,
> they confessed that they were even given training to manufacture
> bombs. I have a videocassette of that confession. Again, in 2006, in
> Nanded, there was a bomb blast in the house of a RSS activist where
> two RSS activists died. After that in March 2008, there were bomb
> blasts at two places in Tamil Nadu. Then too VHP activists were
> arrested by the Tamil Nadu police who confessed that they were
> involved. And how did the Gujarat police suddenly find eighteen bombs
> planted on trees in Surat?
>
> So are you saying that the BJP is behind the recent serial blasts?
> No, I am not saying anything. All that I am saying is that the timing
> is uncanny. RSS, VHP activists have been caught making bombs, material
> for preparing bombs have been found at their office and there are
> three-four clear cases where they have been arrested and a case has
> been registered. Why isn't anyone looking into this?.
>
> Shouldn't all parties unite against terrorism?
> Absolutely, but when you target only Muslims, it's not correct.
>
> Then why is the blame-game still on?
> It is on because we have evidence to say that people who talk about
> nationalism and nationalist feelings should not be involved in making
> bombs. The BJP believes in divisive politics. They cannot survive
> without dividing Hindus and Muslims. Each time something happens, they
> come back to Hindutva.
>
> From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 5, Issue 33, Dated Aug 23, 2008
> http://tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ne230808Incoldblood.asp
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